Mastodawn

Fab Curator Feb 8, 2025

Bill Gates: How Paul Allen and I landed on the idea for Microsoft

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https://fortune.com/2025/02/04/bill-gates-source-code-software-microsoft-origins/

How Paul Allen and Bill Gates landed on the idea for Microsoft after cycling through many other startup ideas

Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates recalls his early thinking on hardware vs. software in an excerpt from his latest book.

Fortune

Fab Curator Feb 6, 2025

Hunters, Dancers, and Busybodies: New Study Examines the Three Main Internet Research Styles

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https://www.mentalfloss.com/internet-research-styles-study

Hunters, Dancers, and Busybodies: New Study Examines the Three Main Internet Research Styles

Your online research method may say something about you.

Mental Floss

Fab Curator Dec 27, 2024

This Was the Year of the Influencer Political Takeover

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https://www.wired.com/story/this-was-the-year-of-the-influencer-political-takeover/

This Was the Year of the Influencer Political Takeover

Politicians fully embraced the creator economy in 2024, blurring the lines between punditry and journalism. By 2028, the lawmakers could become creators themselves.

WIRED

FabCurator Dec 27, 2024

This Was the Year of the Influencer Political Takeover

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https://www.wired.com/story/this-was-the-year-of-the-influencer-political-takeover/

This Was the Year of the Influencer Political Takeover

Politicians fully embraced the creator economy in 2024, blurring the lines between punditry and journalism. By 2028, the lawmakers could become creators themselves.

WIRED

Fab Curator Dec 20, 2024

How the Rubik’s Cube has lived to 50 years—and continues to find fans among Gen Z

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https://fortune.com/europe/article/rubiks-cube-selling-millions-50-years-gen-z-digital-shift/?

Rubik’s Cube is still selling millions after 50 years. Here’s how the old-school toy is keeping up with Gen Z’s digital shift

For 79-year-old Erno Rubik who founded mind-bending puzzle in Hungary, there's more to the Cube than what meets the eye.

Fortune

FabCurator Dec 20, 2024

How the Rubik’s Cube has lived to 50 years—and continues to find fans among Gen Z

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https://fortune.com/europe/article/rubiks-cube-selling-millions-50-years-gen-z-digital-shift/?

Rubik’s Cube is still selling millions after 50 years. Here’s how the old-school toy is keeping up with Gen Z’s digital shift

For 79-year-old Erno Rubik who founded mind-bending puzzle in Hungary, there's more to the Cube than what meets the eye.

Fortune

Fab Curator Dec 19, 2024

What happens when the internet disappears

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https://www.theverge.com/24321569/internet-decay-link-rot-web-archive-deleted-culture

How to disappear completely

The promise of the internet is that it would last forever. But that has proven to be largely untrue, as huge swaths of the web are vanishing, quickly and at random.

The Verge

FabCurator Dec 19, 2024

What happens when the internet disappears

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https://www.theverge.com/24321569/internet-decay-link-rot-web-archive-deleted-culture

How to disappear completely

The promise of the internet is that it would last forever. But that has proven to be largely untrue, as huge swaths of the web are vanishing, quickly and at random.

The Verge

Fab Curator Dec 7, 2024

The most important pop culture moments of 2024

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https://fortune.com/2024/12/03/biggest-pop-culture-moments-2024/

https://archive.is/ZQNqN